Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 15:37:42 -0800 
      From: * kelli-jeanne * (kelli@netcom.com) 
      Subject: ...just geek...

  i don't often sit down and review albums...i'm not much of a
  writer and what i feel about music is personal and basically
  uninteresting to the vast majority of the public. however, i
  thought i'd take the time to write about an album that has
  an impact on everyone who listens to it..good or bad...

  lisa germano - geek the girl

  from the moment i read the description in 4ad's summer newsletter,
  i knew this would be a very important record...at least, for me.
  so with my teensy bit o'xmas money, i weighed my musical options
  for a brief second while walking to the 'g' section and picked up
  'geek the girl'. i decided to listen to the cd when i could actually
  "listen" and not just hear it. if you knew me at all, you'd know
  that the only time i get to concentrate on such things is late at
  night...

  i would be lying if i said that i couldn't identify with what lisa
  sings about on GTG. if i ever had to present someone with a selection
  of music that adequately represented myself, GTG would be right in
  there with the first two hnia and a few other things.
  that's probably more than you ever wanted or needed to know about me.
  GTG presents the listener with a slice of disturbing images, thoughts,
  and feelings. a more lucid piece of f'ed up reality than what kristin
  hersh brings forth in her own music. i would think a lot of people,
  especially men, would have a problem listening to this record. this
  being a female's perspective on some of life's darker happenings and
  all. i didn't pay too much attention to what was written about GTG on
  the list before because i wanted to hear it & have an understanding of
  the music first...
  all topics aside, the music behind the the words on GTG is a lovely
  undercurrent of eerieness. sometimes stark and minimal..other times
  just whirring around in full. lisa's often child-like voice isn't
  so much intriguing as it is sad and melancholic given the things she's
  singing about. for people who like their music as pure entertainment
  and not a vehicle for provoking thoughts and feelings, i don't see
  how one can listen to this at first and not be moved in some capacity.

  blah blah blah..i'll stop rambling. it's cold..i'm gonna get some
  tea and search for something watchable on tv...

  *k*